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Five in hospital after foreigner sprays bear repellent in Japanese post office
TOKYO, July 2 — Five people needed hospital treatment in Japan after a man accidentally set off an anti-bear spray in a city-centre post office, reports and officials said, as […]
‘No one is coming out alive’: Venezuela’s rescue phase ends as food crisis begins
LA GUAIRA, (Venezuela), July 2 — Hope of finding more survivors faded Wednesday as Venezuela marked a week since twin earthquakes killed almost 2,300 people, while many who lived through […]
China enacts controversial ethnic unity law despite global backlash
BEIJING, July 2 — A new ethnic unity law came into effect Wednesday in China despite warnings from Taiwan, the United Nations and rights groups that it could threaten freedoms, […]
TikTok settles lawsuit with US teen accusing platform of causing social media addiction
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 — TikTok settled a lawsuit with a teenager just weeks before the company was set to go to trial in a second landmark case over whether […]
‘Never going back to Hormuz again’: Indian sailors fear return to Gulf after Middle East war
NEW DELHI, July 2 — Indian sailors shaken by war have finally cleared the Strait of Hormuz after being stranded there for months, but some fear they have little choice […]
Against the odds: Afghan women farmers keep remote village alive under Taliban rule
ESHTIWI (Afghanistan), July 2 — In a remote province of north-eastern Afghanistan, women farmers are playing a vital role in their community’s survival among the snow-capped mountains. The fields of […]
‘American dream’ under strain but still alive as US marks 250 years of independence
MIAMI, July 1 — Does it mean getting rich? Owning a house with a white picket fence? Having a better life than your parents? Whatever it means, the “American dream” […]
‘My dream is broken’: Japan’s tougher visa rules leave foreign business owners fearing deportation
TOKYO, July 1 — In a tiny Tokyo restaurant filled with the smell of Nepalese dumplings, Budhathoki Samjhana surveys the business she built from scratch but may now have to […]
Taiwan condemns China’s unity law as threat to freedom and sovereignty
BEIJING, July 1 — A new ethnic unity law came into effect in China today, despite warnings from Taiwan, the United Nations and rights groups that it could threaten freedoms, especially […]
Watchdog probes two police after dying UK student handcuffed
LONDON, July 1 — Two UK police officers are under investigation after a teenage student was handcuffed as he lay dying after being stabbed, the police watchdog said today. Police […]